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PATBNTED MAY 12, 1903.

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" UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

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Box on PRODUCE CAR.

Application ned July 31,1902. Samnaun/79. (Nt'modm SPECIFICATION forming part of yLetters Patent No. 727,620, dated May 1.2, 1903.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHNM. HANSEN, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Box or Produce Cars and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to railway-cars, and more especially to box-cars having a metallic underframe and a wooden superstructure. Its object is to improvefca'rs of this type in details of construction, which will be hereinafter described and'claimed..

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a view of one end of the car, a part being in section and the remainder being a plan of the A lple and easy to. make and, `-together-with the nnderframe. Fig. 2 is fa central vertical section through the lower portion of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the car; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4`4,"Fig. 1.

The underframe of the car may be of any desired construction, that shown comprising center sills 1, side sills 2,'draft-sills 3, bodyholsters 4, and suitable connecting members. All of these .parts may be of any desired construction and form no part of my invention. Therefore detailed description thereof is not deemed necessary; The superstructure also may be of any preferred wooden construction, having the wooden Hoor 6 and wooden side and end walls 7.

My invention relates entirely to the end sill and hood construction, which is as follows: The end sill 10 comprises a plate of angle shape having its web locatedin' a vertical position, as shown, and having a flange ll formed on its lower edge to stienthe same. This flange is shown as turned inwardly; but, if desired, it may be turned outwardly, and, ifdesire'd, it may be formed by an angle-bar riveted to the plate. At its center the lower edge of the end sill is cutaway to make room for the couplenhorn brace 11a. This end sill is .reinforced by means of an angle-bar 12, havingits vertical flange projecting upwardly and riveted to the inner face of said end sill and having its horizontal fiange projecting inwardly, as shown, and serving as a support for theend-wooden Ynailing-strip 14, which is suitably 'secured to the end sill. At the center of the car is a hood 15, secured to the end sill in order to strengthen the same, said hood bein g formed of a steel plate pressed to shape andbeing provided with the upturned ange 17, by means of which it is riveted to the end sill. At its center the hood is provided with a notch for the passage ofthe draw-bar shank, and the sides of this notch, as well as the lower edges of the hood, are provided Vwith inturned flanges 18. Said hood embraces the ends of the draft-sills 3 and is secured thereto by having its inturned bottom flange riveted,V to said draft-sills. A4 draw-bar carrier 19, formed of a section of angle`iron,'issupported from the hood. The brace 1la projects against the front wall of the hood and gives strength .wherethe horn of the coupler strikes. y

The end sill of lthe car is exceedingly simreinforcingangle 12, yforms a convenient means for supporting the wooden superstructure, while Vthe hood strengthens the end sill and serves "as a'suitable means for connection to the ends'of the draft-sills.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;-

1. A metallic end sill 'forrailway-cars, comprising an angle shape of uniform cross-section and a reinforcing-angle secured near the upper edgethereof. 1

2. A metallic end sill comprisingL a plate provided with a flange on its lower edge, and a stiffening-angle havingits vertical liange projecting upwardly secured tothe inner face near the upperedge of' said end sill.`

3. In a railway-car, the combination with a metallic end lsill'of angle-shape-having its ange projecting in ward-ly, and a hood formed of pressed steel provided witha vertical'ange riveted to the outerfaceof said end sill and having an openingfor the passage of the draw-bar shank.

4;, In a railway-car, the combination with an end sill of angle shape having its web arranged vertically andahorizontal iiange at its lower edge and havingpa notchfinitslower edge near the center, and a hood formed of pressed steel providedwithra vertical iiange for riveting to the endnsill and provided with an opening for the draw-barishank..

5. Ina railway-car, the combination with a metallic end sill, a hood formed of pressed steel provided with a vertical flange for rivetng io the end siii and having an opening projecting through the notch in said end sill for the draw-bar shank, and a coupler-horn into said hood, and a coupler-horn brace sebrace secured in said hood and having its Cured between said draft-sills and bearing end bearing against; the front wall of said 5 hood. In testimony whereof I, Ihe said JOHN M.

6. In a railway-oar, the combination with HANSEN-have hereunto set my hand. an end sill having a notch in its lower edge Y near the center, a. hood formed of pressed w JOHN M' HANSEN' steel provided with a vertical ange for riv- Witnesses: 1o eting to the end sill and provided with an A. M. STEEN,

opening for lalle draw-bar shank, draft-sills G. C. RAYMOND.

against bhe front Wall of said hood. I5 

